Was my grand fathers first deer rifle, he still has it. I asked if I could use it to hunt as I would like to take a deer with it. He wont let me. His father did a little trigger work to it and it has gone off a couple time when it shouldnt have.
He calls it "long Tom". someday Ill get him to let me take it down and replace what his father over did.
He tells of the first deer he shot with it. All he had was mill surplus rounds and the bullet went clean through. A older man then dropped the deer. Great grampa Tony made him step down and let the older fella have the deer.
After that, he tells me he started hand working his ammo. Filing the tips flat then using a drill bit by hand to make them hollow points.
